LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday to suspend Parliament, throwing down the gauntlet to his critics and causing outrage among opposition leaders who will have even less time to thwart a no...
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP): While global attention has been focused on fires burning across the Brazilian Amazon, neighbouring Bolivia is battling its own vast blazes, which have charred an area nearly as extensive as the nation of Lebanon. At least 38,...
A man charged with killing 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue should face the death penalty if convicted, federal prosecutors said in a court filing Monday. The U.S. attorney’s office in Pittsburgh filed a notice of intent to seek the death...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jorge Ortiz, a 50-year-old construction worker, was taking no chances as Tropical Storm Dorian approached Puerto Rico on Tuesday and threatened to brush past the island’s southwest coast at near-hurricane...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to prevent Central American immigrants from seeking asylum no matter where they cross the U.S. border. The administration in court papers filed Monday wants...
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed Tuesday as investors seemed slightly more hopeful again about the potential for progress in the costly trade war between the U.S. and China. Wall Street was set to open with modest gains after gains on...
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) : Romania’s government coalition has collapsed after the junior party quit its partnership with Prime Minister Viorica Dancila’s Social Democrats. The exit of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, or ALDE, leaves the...
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) : Greek police say six migrants have been killed and another 10 injured when a smuggling jeep carrying them through northern Greece crashed into an irrigation ditch. Police say the accident occurred Monday outside the...
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP): Kenya’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has flagged off the country’s first export shipment of oil, more than 200,000 barrels of crude. Kenyatta said on Monday that the oil exports begin an era of greater prosperity for Kenyans....
BIARRITZ, France (AP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump skipped a discussion on climate with other world leaders at the Group of Seven (G-7) summit in France — then claimed to "know more about the environment than anyone". Trump left an...
PORTO VELHO, Brazil (AP) : The Group of Seven (G-7) nations on Monday pledged tens of millions of dollars to help Amazon countries fight raging wildfires even as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused rich countries of treating the region like...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nineteen states and the District of Columnia sued on Monday over the Trump administration’s effort to alter a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention. “We wish...
PORTO VELHO, Brazil (AP) — The Group of Seven nations on Monday pledged tens of millions of dollars to help Amazon countries fight raging wildfires, even as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused rich countries of treating the region like...
LA GUAJIRA, Colombia (AP) — It might not be obvious at the supermarket, but the banana industry is fighting to protect the most popular variety of the fruit from a destructive fungus. A disease that ravages banana crops has made its long-...
VINHO, Mozambique (AP) — When Cyclone Idai roared through central Mozambique in March, it made some 200,000 people homeless and destroyed about two million acres of crops. “The winds blew, the rains poured and the river flooded,”...
NEW YORK (AP) — Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to a new indictment Monday that includes revised charges of predatory sexual assault, a development that caused the judge to delay the start of his trial until early next year....
BIARRITZ (AP) : UNITED STATES (US) President Donald Trump on Sunday acknowledged having second thoughts about escalating a trade war with China, but the White House later reversed, saying that the president was misinterpreted and that his only...
BIARRITZ (AP): United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged on Sunday that the prospect of a Brexit deal was “touch and go” as other European Union (EU) capitals grasp the problems Britain has with the withdrawal agreement....
KHARTOUM (AP): Sudan’s new prime minister said in an interview that ending his country’s international pariah status and drastically cutting military spending were prerequisites for rescuing a faltering economy. Abdalla Hamdok, a well-known...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven nations today said they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the damage even as tens of thousands of soldiers got ready to join the...
BIARRITZ, France (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson today acknowledged that the prospect of a Brexit deal was "touch and go," as other European Union capitals grasp the problems Britain has with the withdrawal agreement....
BIARRITZ, France (AP) — A top Iranian official paid an unannounced visit today to the G-7 summit and headed straight to the building where leaders of the world's major democracies have been debating how to handle the country's nuclear...
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago judge on Friday named a special prosecutor to look into why state prosecutors abruptly dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett that accused him of staging a racist, anti-gay attack against himself. Cook County...
BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday announced tariff hikes on $75 billion of U.S. products in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest planned increase, deepening a conflict over trade and technology that threatens to tip a weakening...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): Amnesty International says Brazilian government failures are responsible for fires raging in the Amazon rainforest. The comment by the rights group yesterday came after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro suggested some non-...
